Web Design: Mod Cons

Friday, July 28, 2017

Mod Cons

Front-end

First up, The JavaScript Way is a book that offers a modern intro to the language [github/bpesquet].

How to use CSS modules to create maintainable, optimized CSS [appendto].

Come and ‘Go

Back-end/programming

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Advice on scaling Node.js apps [medium.freecodecamp].

Also, Node is kinda emerging as a universal development framework [hackernoon].

Filestack [filestack] is an API adding file uploading to your site or app.

An intro to the browser stats that actually matter [mediatemple].

Chromeless [github/graphcool] offers simple Chrome automation.

Grab Bag

Design/UX/product

Grabient [grabient] offers gradients you can grab.

A designer’s guide to Flexbox and Grid [medium/jonyablonski].

How to beat imposter syndrome [99u]. Still no advice on how to handle feeling like you have imposter syndrome, but not actually having it.

The Apple Never Falls Far From the Tree

News/business

The NYTimes’ Farhad Manjoo argues Microsoft is now the Apple to Apple’s Microsoft [nytimes]. That makes sense… right?

Node [hello.node] – no, not that Node – is an AI tool that’ll help you identify opportunities, understand your customers, take over the world (probably).

Looks like YouTube Red and Google Play Music may merge into one service [arstechnica], surprising no-one.

10 things you may not know WooCommerce can do [sitepoint].

Take 10

Everything else

Ten Years Ago [tenyearsago] lets you see what the internet was like about, oh, 10 years ago.

Finally, this sculpture is controlled by honeybees [smithsonianmag]. There's a lot of buzz around this promising new artist, that’s for sure.

There is Versioning for another Friday, indeed, another week. I'll be spending the weekend searching for internet pollen, stinging all those who stand in my way. Standard stuff. Back on Monday!

Bee sure to spread this around fellow members of the hive.